Australia vs Lithuania

Australia seems to be on track right now and they certainly don't deserve such a handicap against already first Lithuania.

Here's the situation here;in any case scenario, Australia is fourth and are facing the US in the next round, so this is probably their last game with a chance to win and leave the tournament with their head high. Their play level increased notably after shockingly bad start, they demolished poor Russia in the last game and i strongly believe they will make a good effort tomorrow despite the diminished importance of the game.

Lithuania cleared the first spot with a win over Croatia, which wasn't as easy as the final score suggests, Croatians were ahead till the start of the final QT but then the lack of reliable bench and Kleisa factor betrayed them. In any case it was clear that Lithuanians will probably slow down ahead of the QF (against China or Greece, either way a strong match ahead of them) so i expect to rest some players especially key players like Lavrinovic and Siskauskas. Of course their bench is quiet adequate to win with a double digit here but i don't think they will press that hard for that and i think we will see a close match, maybe if Australians start as good as with Russia there is room for a real upset, which at odds more than 4.80 are worth a small stake.